Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico has been the target of ongoing conservative vitriol. His progressive stance on all major issues despite being a professing Christian inspired some, including GOP opponent Ken Paxton, to not so lovingly dub him “Talafreako.”
The abortion- and transgender-supporting progressive then tried to monetize the insult by selling T-shirts featuring the saying “I’m a *Talafreako*” for $36 a pop.
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“I’m like, ‘Who would want something like that?’ And then my answer got handed directly to me,” says BlazeTV’s Sara Gonzales.
She plays a recent clip of Talarico on “Morning Joe” with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
“By the way, Talafreako as a nickname, I’m all in,” Scarborough laughed.
Talarico followed the compliment by letting the two hosts know that T-shirts were available for
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